Installing The Printer Driver By Automatically Detecting The Printer - Konica Minolta bizhub 306/266 User Manual

10.3 Manually Installing the Printer Driver (for Windows)

Installing the printer driver by automatically detecting the printer

In Windows 8.1/10/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2
You can install the printer driver by automatically detecting the printer on the network or by creating a new
port.
0 Administrator privileges are required to perform this task.
0 Since the printer is searched for during the installation, be sure to connect this machine to the network
before turning it on.
1
Insert the printer driver CD/DVD-ROM into the CD/DVD-ROM drive of the computer.
2
Display the printer window.
% In Windows 8.1/10, press the [X] key while pressing the [Windows] key, and click [Control Panel] -
[Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] when a menu is displayed.
% In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, press the [X] key while pressing the [Windows] key, and
click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] when a menu is displayed.
3
Select [Add a printer].
The [Add Printer] wizard appears.
4
Select this machine from the list, then click [Next].
% If no printers are detected, restart this machine.
% Use the IP address to confirm the printer that you want to connect to.
% It may take some time to finish searching the entire list of printers.
5
Click [Have Disk].
6
Click [Browse].
7
Select the folder on the CD/DVD-ROM containing the desired printer driver, then click [Open].
% Select the folder according to the printer driver, operating system, and language to be used.
% The driver information file is "DBWTP.inf" for the PCL driver and "DBX.inf" for the XPS driver.
8
Click [OK].
The [Printers] list appears.
9
Select this machine from the list, then click [Next].
10
Follow the on-screen instructions to carry out operations.
% Depending on the settings on the computer, the UAC (User Account Control) dialog box may ap-
pear. Check the details, and continue.
11
Click [Finish].
12
After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Devic-
es and Printers] window.
13
Remove the CD/DVD-ROM from the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
Installation of the printer driver is then completed.
In Windows Vista/7/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2
You can install the printer driver by automatically detecting the printer on the network or by creating a new
port.
The procedure for installing the printer driver by automatically detecting the printer on the network is as fol-
lows:
0
Administrator privileges are required to perform this task.
0 Since the printer is searched for during the installation, be sure to connect this machine to the network
before turning it on.
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